Around 30 people marched from Central ferry pier, bringing with them two trolleys filled with waste from South Lantau landfill sites.

Photo: Lantau News.

They poured the trash onto the ground at the Government House gate to remind Lam that conserving South Lantau and protecting the wetlands are her own policies.

A police contingent almost as large as the protest itself watched over the event, as a sergeant accepted a petition on behalf of Lam.

Photo: Lantau News.

Chu told the demonstrators: “We will come back if the government does not take the right actions to deal with this dumping issue… This is only the first action. There will be actions following if the government ignores us.”

“We will not allow this to happen in South Lantau. We are not going to allow it to happen anywhere in rural Hong Kong.”

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